Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 23, Number 11, Decatur, Adams County, 13 January 1925 — Page 1

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industrial association adopts a farm program

Mmfaut CL iJBS PLANNED At Meeting i.; nc ourag<‘ the young men and , ,'j. n of today, so that, they ,'7’he leant rs <>t tomorrow. members ol the Decatur .atrial Association at the , meeting and banquet, ot 'i„ orraiiization held las even;ii the Knight of Columbus , .jl. voted t<> sponsor a program ro-opei I i<>n with county v , t i M llusehe, among the i •.,; X)V mid girl farmers in 0., , ..antv anil to co-operate , ( t ,-,.'.er they could in lending ~ ‘Stance to the county agent. ‘. n< | the farmer in keeping Adj,„,. cuntv to the front as one ( ,f the foremost agriculture communities in the slate. Li wj moved. seconded and voted a-wciation raise between ?1 ah ,| ji.'iHi io carry out the progrsm in miu.l and in paying the ex,,Kl o f conducting several clubs' the leys and gills In the Itamelj a sugar beet club, a evil dull, a calf and dairy club and livestock cliih. Every man present, ni. r,. than 1"" members, stood up and ptiilors.il the program. li i planned to award substantial prizes to iin- winners, of these contests and to make their efforts worth while. County Agent Buscho will be plj.nl in charge of the contests and. with the aid of an- assistant in his . ’i.c will carry out the plans. SevI era! local maiiulaclirrers, including ~ ~t.ouu bu&jp sviupany. the cloverleaf Creameries and the Kii.kTindall Tile company will co-op-rate with the local association in giving prizes to the boy and girl winners in the different clubs. The county agent and directors of lh<> Decatur industrial Association, assisted by a committee, will worX cm the rules of the,contests. Every hov and girl in the county, the ages to be fixed in the rules of the contesi, tire invited to Join. It ip proposed to organize the entire county in the movement an., to get ah junior farmers interested. Talks were made in support of the program by John Carmody, John Tyndall, Col. Fred Reppert, Dan Nib(Continued on Page Three)

I Fund To Provide Radio Sets For Blind Residents Os City Gets A Good Start Total of $77.25 contributed last night at annual meeting of Industrial Association; Jim Touhey, one of the unfortunate citizens, receives great enjoyment from a loaned set.

I ■ Will you subscribe a small amount .towards the fund to be used to provide radio sets for the four blind persons in Decatur? A few days ago this plan was proposed by R. j. Harting and C. 11. Colter and met with general approv- 1 a ' of many liberal people here. So Jar as known, there are just five People totally blind in Decatur. One of these is James Touhey, who, for a year past, has derived untold pleas- ’ "re from a radio set, the property of '•'e American Legion boys, which was - Placed in his rooms temporarily. Over this wireless machine Jim has heard 'he news of the world, received election returns, baseball scores, reports ° f foot >»ll games, entertainment from thousand cities, sermons, political ■ peeches, the Nighthawks, everything 111 'he air and nothing which has "eetirred during the years he has blind has brought the pleasure 111 n as come through the wireless. • .iirn says, it is too wonderful to talk about and through his "PPiness came the movement to give same happiness to others. I subscription fund was started nlght and the total is already send yours to Mr. Colter, Mr. r mg or to this office and help put s splendid home effort for happi- « over within the week. The idea of in 1111 n ’ 3 '' s ’ m Ple three tube sets 11 best make which will require

OECATUR BAJEV DEMOCRAT

Miss Bertha Adelsperger Dies At South Bend. Ind. The P J. Hyland family received | a telegram last evening advising tb. m of the sudden death of Miss ’ Bertha Adelsperger. which occured nt South P»n<l Indiana Miss Adeisperger 1. a foimer Decatur girl. She was a daughter ol Henry Adelsperger, who also lived in this city. About thirty yenrs ago the Adelspergers | moved to South Bend, where her father was u member of the faculty at Notre Dame University. Miss Adelsperger was a principal of one- us the public schools at South Bend. She . visited here about a year ago. Mrs. Ellen Adelsperger. of Sixth street. Is a relative of the deceased. I WRECK VICTIMS ME IMPROVING ‘Physicians Have Hopes For their Recovery; Lad’s Funeral Wednesday i 11 A verdict of accidental death was . returned today by A. C. Butcher, i Justice of the Peace and acting ■ coroner, with the death of Thomas . Baker, 9. son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank I Baker, who was killed Sunday . morning when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck the Baker auto.mobile at a crossing in this city. Mr. I Butcher served as coroner, as pre- ■ scribed by law, since the county has i no coroner, due to the death of Dr. L. ‘ lu. Mat tax last week. A slight improvement was noted 1 today in the condition of Mrs. Robert ■ Chronister, Walter Baker and Mrs. ' Frank Baker, the three persons who ■ were seriously Injured 4a the a*auident, which cost the life of Thomas ' Baker. Mrs. Chronister and Walter Hare the most seriously injured, and 1 physicians now' have hopes for, their recovery, it was stated today. Funeral services for the lad who • was killed, will be held from the St. ‘ Mary’s Catholic church at 9 o’clock Wednesday morning. i o Suit On Note A complaint on a note and to foreclose a mortgage was filed in the circuit court today by the Prudential Insurance Company of America against Rufus Lehman and others. 1 Judgment for $6,000 and for the foreclosure of a mortgage on an 80-acre farm in Hartford township is asked.

the least attention and the smallest cost for upkeep, that the recipients unay have the greatest pleasure and profit. Come on folks, lets make this go over so quickly that these good people ' will know we mean it. Here’s the list up to date, put your name on for tomorrow’s publication: J. H. Carmody $ LOO Felix Maier 50 ; Dan Niblick „ LOO L. F. Contej 100 W. A. Lower . LOO A. R. Holthouse 100 C. J. Lutz........................................ 100 J. G. Niblick LOO S. E. Black LOO Joe Cowen 1.00 Chas. N. Christen 5.00 Geo. W. Wemhoff 100 H. J. Yager LOO John Niblick LOO Henry Thomas 100 A Friend —No Name 25 A Friend —No Name 2.00 A Friend —No Name 40 I A Friend—No Name 50 A Friend —No Name 25 A Friend —No Name 50 A Friend—No Name 10 A Friend—No Name LOO A Friend—No Name 50 A Friend —No Name 25 A Friend —No Name 50 A Friend —No Name 50 (Continued On Page Four)

| LAND OWNERS SHOW DESIRE FOR NEW ROAD . Fine Progress Made hi Securing Right-of-VVay For Fort Wayne Road J. NEARLY ALL SIGNED Committee Expects To Have All Land Owners Signed By Tomorrow , t The special committee which canvassed the land owners between this * city and the Allen county line yes- ■ terday reports splendid success mid * the indications are that by tomorrow every property owner along the proi posed route will have been signed up on one of the state's easement blanks. The enterprising farmers and land owners co-operated with the committee in every way and will more than do their part. In several J instances where the damage is considI arable due to the large amount of fence to be moved or rebuilt r quest’s were made for aid and : a effort will be made to secure voluntary offers of this assistance. The work can be done any time between now and the completion of the re. d. A complete report of the commiti tee's work will be made within a day , or two. published and forwaded to the , state highway commission. Indica i tlons are that the road will be con ■ traded for next month and construct . ed during the year. Mr. (’. W. Ilin . iff, of the highway commission, wno accompanied the committee yesterday, said he had never heard of a more succesful effort and he promis- ( ed every land owner his best efforts to secure for them a splendid road and to do every thing possible to I save trouble and annoyance, t o _ Training School (’lasses j Will Meet This Evening ii - - ■ ~ k ' •* s The regular meeting of the classes r of the Community Training School I will be held at the Central school r building this evening Through a typographical error it was stated in > Saturday's issue of the Daily Demo- . crat that the classes would meet on < Thursday evening. The meeting tonight will be the second meeting of the second semester which opened a week ago last night. Persons who de- - sire will have an opportunity to join ? the classes this evening. ] o Marriage Licenses Victor Hurless, laborer, Ohio City, Ohio, to Esther Gause, Adams county. 3 Claude R. Fish, contractor, to Betty Schulte, both of Pleasant Mills. WARREN V. REED DIED YESTERDAY Former Decatur Man Dies Os Pneumonia In Fort Wayne Hospital t s Warren V. Reed, age .39, former De.l catur resident, died at the Methodist hospital in Fort Wayne . at 5:07 i o’clock Monday evening, following tin 5 illness of chronic pneumonia. Mr. b Reed resided in Fort Wayne and was r a painter and decorator. Mr. Reed was a son of the late Mr. 1 and Mrs. William F. Reed, and was > born in Decatur, November 27, 1885. I He spent practically all of his life 3 in this city until four or five years I ago when he moved to Fort Wayne. 3 He is survived by his wife, Goldie J Winifer Reed, and one son, by a 1 former marriage, Gustave Reed. He 1 also has one half-Aister, Mrs. L. Me--1 Lain, of Marion; two half-brothers, ) John and Samuel Small, of Marion; > and the following uncles and aunts: > Mrs. Charlette Sargeant, of Fort * Waynes Polly, Sam and John Reed, ’ of Decatur; and Mrs. May Stewart, of ’ Cleveland, Ohio. ' The body will be brought to (the * home of an uncle, John Reed, at 345 1 North Tenth street, this city, tomor- ’ row morning. Funeral services will ’ be held from that Residence at 9:30 1 o’clock and from the First Methodist 1 church at 10 o'clock Thursday morn- > ing. The Rev. U. S. A. Bridge, pas- * tor of the Methodist church, of which 1 the deceased was a member, will of--1 ticiate. Burial will be made in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery.

Decatur, Indiana, Tuesday, January 13, 1925.

ANOTHFR COLD WAVE COMING Chicago Jan. I’—Near zero ..nd possibly sub-zero weathet will invade the middlewest tonight, the weather bureau forecast today. Snow has been falling over most ’ of the territory in thi aiea tor, the past 24 hours. Two Inches fell ] in Chicago while heavier blanket ] ■ were reported from adjacent terri1 tory’ W.TO RAST' MUSIC AT DANCE —■— I New Innovation to Be Tried At H. S. Athletic Association Dance Here ■ I A new innovation .it public dances ' I will be given at trial hen- Tomorrow , night when an effort will be made to 1 fgrnish music by radio for the danc-1 Jing at the high school athletic as-, jsociatio-n dance. The dance will be ( |held in the Masonic hall. An orches-1 , tra will be on hands to furnish music i nArt of the time and all evening in . car.o lite radio music is unsatisfac-i i tory. | It Is planned to have two loud ajeal.ers in the dance hall, and the i radio fans who are making the preI p.. rations for the experiment, feel confl left that the music can be brought . iin in suCicient volunin for the danc-1 . Irg. They will tune in on Harry M. .! Snodgrass, the prisoner iji the Miss- . lo ti'i state penitentiary who is known to radio fans all over tile country as ! , 'ihe King of the ivories.” Snodgrass! . will give his la-t concert from radio i station WOS, nt Jefferson City. Miss-! . ouri, to-morrow night, as he will be rei leased from the prison Friday night., 1 The proceeds from the dance will go I Ito the high school athlg.ic fund. LEGION TO HOLD r : ANNUAL BANQUET 1 i ‘ Ex-Service Men To Enjoy Big “Feed” Here On ’ Wednesday Night The annual banquet of Adams Post No. 43, of the American Legion will 1 be held in the Industrial Association rooms Wednesday evening, at 7:30 1 o'clock. Approximately fifty reservations have been made so fur. The principal speakers at Hie banquet will be Fronch Quinn, of this city, and Dr. Harry O. Jones, of . Berne. Clarance Herbcr, retiring t commander of the pest.-will preside as toastmaster. Short talks will be] given by different ex-service men' and Joseph Laurent will give a his tory of the post. Mr. Laurent is a f charter member of the post and has held several of the post offices. The committee in charge of the banquet | is composed of Joseph Laurent. Clar-I ence Berber, Vernon Aurand and Joe] 5 MoConneil. Installation of the new officers likely will be held following j the banquet. WOMAN’SCLUB PLAY ENJOYED J Fine Program Given; Club Votes To Bring William Herschell Here i The Dramatic Department had , charge of the delightful program at t the Woman's Club last night at the , Library. The clever one-act p’ay i “The Fascinating Mr. Denby,” by ( Seldwin Sage and Howard Munford Jones, was presented. The play was recently published in the Drama magazine, and is a new and popular one. ] Mrs. Leona Kohne acted as chairman of the committee in charge and was assisted by Mrs. Cora Downs in directing the play. Mts- Kohne act- ' ed the part of Grace, Mrs. Marie Porter very ably portrayed the part 1 of Doris, an actress.; Nita, was play(Continued on -pago two) i Weather > Generally fair tonight and Wednesday; colder tonighL

FATE Or YOUTH I RESTS IN HANDS OF JURORS NOW Jurv Geis Fry Robberv Case At 2:30 o’Clock This Afternoon DEFENDANT TESTIFIES 1 Admits Part In Holdup But Declares He Was Forced Into It The case’ of the stkte against Elj wood Fry. I nion township youth. I who is charged with grand . larceny land robbery in connection with the holdup and robbery of Homer P. Crum. Honduras storekeeper on July 28, 1924. went to the jury at 2:30 i o'clock this afternoon. No verdict I had been returned at 3 o’clock. The introduction of evidence was| i practically completed yesterday as j ternoon. The defendant was called to the witness stand for a few minutes this morning, he being the only : witness heard today The arguments ] of the attorneys wer • given this forenoon and the jury was instructed Immediately after court convened after the noon recess. Fry took the witness stand in his own defense late yesterday afternoon. He admitted that he was with ] Cleho McCleater during the ho’dup and robbery at Honduras, but declared that McCleater forced him to take part in the cirme. McCleater pleaded guilty a few mouths ago and is now serving a sentence of from one ito fourteen years. Fry testified yes- ' tarday that McCleater approached him in this city early in the evening - on which the robbery was committj ed and asked him to go with him to Bluffton to see two girls. After they started to Bluffton in Fry’s automobile McCleater told him he was go- ' ing to holdup the store at Honduras, ] Fry testified. He continued, saying i that McCleater threatened to shoot ' t'm if fie’dffl fldl’help him in the holdup. He said he did not receive any of the money stolen from Mr. i Crum McCleater testified during the trial that he had given Fry s2l» in nioneV and had paid for a new tire ' and two inner tubes for Fry’s car. CHICAGO GRAIN CLOSE 1 Wheat May, $1.86 1-8; July. $1.57: !'Sept. $1.46. Corn—May, $1.30 1-2: ' July, sl3l 1-2; Sept. $1.31 3-4. Outs '[--May. 62 14c; July. 62 l-2c; Sept. «'i9 3 4<. 0 ANNUAL REPORT Bf SECRETARY ——— Accomplishments Os Industrial Association Set Out In Report At the annual meeting of the De-1 I catur Industrial Association held last evening, France Confer made his annual report of receipts and expendiI tnres and told what the association I ! tried and did accomplish during the year 1924. Previous to Mr. Confer s report, | ; the election of three new directors to] I serve on t'm board during 1925 was , I held, France Confer and C. E. Peter- i I son being rd-e'.ected, and George ] Krick being the third director named. ] They will take office this month. Dan ! M. Niblick, past president of the association, is the,retiring member of the board. The other s’x directors are: Avon Burk, president; John H. Carmody. Hugh Hite, William Linn, I Oscar Langeanu and A. R. Holthouse. Mr. Conter, in his annual report, ' showed that the association has collected $3,841.04. during the year, including $2,120.05 in the Community ] Fund, which was used in carrying out I the 1924 program. Projects for which | money of the Community Fund was expended, included: Decatur’s share of securing south road right-of-ways. $1,225; road signs in and around De--1 catur $67.72; cleaning up river banks, norh of Decatur, $126.25; securing franchises for the Nickle Plate railroad extension, $205; Advance expense on booklet, $33.35; Farmer's bull special day, $118.70. Total expended out the community fund, $1,776.02. leaving a balance in this fund of $344.03. Mr. Center's detailed report will be published tomorrow.

GOVERNOR DELIVERS HIS MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE

Delinquent Tax Sale To Be Held February 9 The sale of property for nonpayment of taxes for 1923 and previous) year : will be held by County Trear-: urer Louies Kleine, according to law. 1 on Monday. February 9 at the east door of the court house. Fifty-nine descriptions of properties are contained in Hie legal notice, which is published in today's Daily Democrat. In addition to paying the delinquent taxes, the property owner must also pay the current taxes, in addition to the extra charges entailed in advertising the list. ELECTION HELD BY SECURITY CO. Board Os Directors Elected; Meet Friday Night To Pick Officers The annual election of directors of the American Security company of this city was held last evening in the offices of the company, located on East Monroe street. The same board with the exception of one member, was re-elected. The directors elected are 1* C. Waring, of the Waring Glove Company; C. S. Niblick, president of the Old Adams County Bank; W. A. Klepper, general manager of the Cloverleaf Creameries; C. J Lutz, attorney; W. A. Kuelder of the Kuebler Dry Goods company; Fred Kolter. who since the organization of the company has served as manager of the institution, ami J. Ross McCulloch, banker of Ft. Wayne. , The directors will meet Friday night for the purpose of electing officers, appointing a manager for the coming year and transacting other business matters which might come before the board. The American Security company was organized in this city in March 1922 and since that time has enjoyed a wide patronage. It deals in loans, mortgage and insurance and has a paid capital of $100,000.00. o Secretary Davis Will Not Resign March 4 Washington. Jan. 1.3. —Secretary of I Labor Davis will not leave the cabinet on March 4. it was officially an- 1 ' nounced at the white house today. ! Davis has arranged his personal' ] affairs so that he may continue as head of the labor department and has withdrawn his reported resignation, it was said. — —

Henrv Krick, Prominent Decatur Citizen, Tells Os Arrival Here 60 Years Ago Today Came to Decatur from Reading. Pennsylvania, with only $6 in his pocket; Has prospered and watched the city prosper during his sixty years here.

Sixty years ago today, January 13, 1865, was not an unlucky day for Henry Krick, former state representative, county sheriff, prominent business man and founder of the Krick-Tyndall Tile company of this i city. It waq just sixty years ago today I that Henry Krick arrived in Decatur i from Reading, Pa., with the big sum j of $6.00 in his pockets and looked j upon a village of seven or eight hunj dred inhabitants. Decatur then, did j not have ornamental street lights in , front of the Krick home, no brick streets were to be seen and when a person started out to walk, he trod upon the grass and occassionaly upon a board sidewalk or a beaten path. Mr. Krick came down the street this morning, feeling fine as a fiddle and as happy as ever. He told of the early pioneer days in and around Decatur, how he first engaged in the produce business and was the first person in Decatur to pay cash for butter and eggs and then shipped them to New York and Pittsburg and other eastern cities. He also engaged in the livestock buying business. He grew up with Decatur and he stated this morning that of the hundred or more men who were here at the time he came, only a handful

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OPPOSES REPEAL Os PRIMARY LAW I New Governor Outlines His Legislative Recommendations In Address By RAYMOND BRI'NER. (Doited Press Staff Correspondent) Indianapolis, Jan. 12. —Vigorous opposition to repeal of the direct primary law in Indiana was expressed by Governor Ed Jackson in his message to the state legislature yester,day. b The demand for repeal of the primary law does not come from the rank and file of the voters of the I state, he declared. Governor Jackson advocated issuance of permanent automobile license plates and replacement of the annual license fee with an increase in the gasoline tax; regulation of busses by the public service comm ssion and application of the budget system to all boards, commissions and departments. Throughout his speech he struck a keynote of economy and advocated cutting all expenditures to the minimum. He recommended that all salary increases provided in the appropriation bills of 1923 be reduced to their former amounts and came out flat-footed against further salary boosts. Governor Jackson told the legislature to give careful consideration to the report of the committee which has been making a survey of state commissions and boards and asked passage c/ legislation to reduce the number of these commissions and boards to the minimum. While declaring in favor of “propj er road building and maintenance,” Governor Jackson said the program of road construction should be con- ] sistent with the state’s ability to meet its obligations without imposing too heavy a burden on the taxpayer. He struck the note of economy again in urging "strictest economy" in providing for the state schools. "The value of our schools should not be overestimated,” the governor said. “We must not. however, lose sight of the fact that too many conveniences frequently lessen the in- ■ centive and initiative. The legislature should provide for the schools i within their actual needs only.” Appropriations for penal, benevolent, correctional and charitable institutions likewise should provide i only for the actual needs of the insti(Cnntinned on nnee three)

. were living now-. He mentioned ' Henry Voglewede. John Niblick and several others who lived here in 1865. Mr. Krick was progressive and ali so a hard worker. In 1882, he started to manufacture brick, near the site of the present Krick-Tyndall ■ plant. The bricks in the jail, the i water works building, the county inI ( firmtry building, the Catholic par- ■ j sonage and others were manufacturl ed by him. In about 1883. he and i John W Tyndall organized the Krickt Tyndall Tile company and he has i lived to see his mill grow into one of 1 the largest concerns of its kinds in -this part of the state. Mr. Krick was also honored with t: public office. From 1874 to 1878. he s served as sheriff of Adams county f and in 1898 was elected to the state 1 legislature. He also served as city e councilman. t Mr. Krick is past 79 years of age. r He was born in Reading. Berks I county, Pennsylvania, on October 24, I 1845, and came to Decatur when he ;-'was 19 years old. He has prospered i.| here, has enjoyed life and is one of e the real pioneers of the community, i- 1 who helped do his bit in furthering t the interest of Decatur and Adams II county.